• Explore the basics of audio development in Unity to create spatial sound, mixing, effects, composition, adaptive audio and more.
• Leverage the Audio Mixer of Unity 5.x to create blockbuster sound and music for your game.
• Learn about developing professional audio for games with...

Unlike traditional animation techniques that use specialized 3D animation software, machinima--a term derived from the words "machine" and "cinema"--records the action in real-time interactive 3D environments, such as those found in video games, to create a cinematic production. No longer solely the province of hard-core...

If you’ve been developing for the competitive iPhone marketplace, this book will help you leverage your iOS skills on a fast-growing...

Windows 10 is really easy to use with this guide – for Windows insiders upgrading from Windows 7 or 8.1 to Windows 10, as well as for first-time users that want to learn about the operating system basics. 
Chapters 1 and 2 present the new and changed features in Windows 10. Furthermore, we describe what you have to watch...

• Create a complete game with advanced techniques through the course of the book using in-depth, hands-on instructions
• Learn how to multi-task and improve performance optimization in your game...

This book introduces the latest visual effects (VFX) techniques that can be applied to game programming. The usefulness of the physicality-based VFX techniques, such as water, fire, smoke, and wind, has been proven through active involvement and utilization in movies and images. However, they have yet to be extensively applied in the game...

• Optimize CPU cycles, memory usage, and GPU throughput for any Unity3D application
• Master optimization techniques across all Unity Engine features...

• Enter the increasingly popular mobile market and create games using Unity 3D and Android
• ...

The Meaning of Video Games takes a textual studies approach to an increasingly important form of expression in today’s culture. It begins by assuming that video games are meaningful–not just as sociological or economic or cultural evidence, but in their own right, as cultural expressions worthy of scholarly attention. In...

How can video games be fun and immerse players in fantastic worlds where anything seems possible? How can they be so engaging to have become the main entertainment product for children and adults alike? In On the Way to Fun, the author proposes a possible answer to these questions by going back to the roots of gaming and showing how...

• Explore the vast range of opportunities provided by Raspberry Pi and other hardware components such as a webcam, the Pi camera, and sensors
• Get hands-on experience with coding, networking, and...

• Offers an examination of learning technology that is equal parts theoretical and...